Where does “au” come from?

au (Antigua and Barbuda Creole English) comes from English how, from Middle English how, from Old English hū, from Proto-Germanic hwō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

au (Antigua and Barbuda Creole English): how

Definitions

  1. how

Ancestry of “au”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhowTo what degree; In what manner; In what state
2Middle Englishhowhow
3Old Englishhūhow
4Proto-Germanichwōhow, with what, by what means; instrumental of...
5Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—
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